Appropriate Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Clean Wound Surgery Under Local Anesthesia.

CONCLUSION: Intravenous injection of single-dose first-generation cephalosporins 1 hour before surgery without postoperative antibiotics did not increase the incidence of SSIs compared with the usual practice of giving only postoperative antibiotics prescription for 2 to 3 days in cases of clean wound surgery performed under local anesthesia. Proper antibiotic prophylaxis should be performed by surgeons in training hospitals without hesitation. PMID: 31050225 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: J Korean Med Sci - May 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cha HG, Kwon JG, Han HH, Eom JS, Kim EK Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research